Joshua 9:19

but all the leaders told the whole community, "We swore an oath to them in the name of the Lord God of Israel. So now we can't hurt them!

Joshua 9:20

We must let them live so we can escape the curse attached to the oath we swore to them."

Ecclesiastes 8:2

Obey the king's command, because you took an oath before God to be loyal to him.

Ecclesiastes 9:2

Everyone shares the same fate -- the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad, the ceremonially clean and unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. What happens to the good person, also happens to the sinner; what happens to those who make vows, also happens to those who are afraid to make vows.

Jeremiah 4:2

You must be truthful, honest and upright when you take an oath saying, 'As surely as the Lord lives!' If you do, the nations will pray to be as blessed by him as you are and will make him the object of their boasting."

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Summary

But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.

Bible References

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Joshua 9:20
We must let them live so we can escape the curse attached to the oath we swore to them."
Ecclesiastes 8:2
Obey the king's command, because you took an oath before God to be loyal to him.
Ecclesiastes 9:2
Everyone shares the same fate -- the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad, the ceremonially clean and unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. What happens to the good person, also happens to the sinner; what happens to those who make vows, also happens to those who are afraid to make vows.
Jeremiah 4:2
You must be truthful, honest and upright when you take an oath saying, 'As surely as the Lord lives!' If you do, the nations will pray to be as blessed by him as you are and will make him the object of their boasting."

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